Francis Gillette

Francis Gillette (14 December 1807-30 September 1879) was a US Senator from Connecticut (FS) from 24 May 1854 to 4 March 1855, succeeding Truman Smith and preceding Lafayette S. Foster.

Biography
Francis Gillette was born in Old Windsor, Connecticut in 1807, and he became a lawyer in 1829. He served in the state legislature and as chairman of the Board of Education from 1849 to 1865, and he went on to serve in the US Senate from 1854 to 1855 as a Free Soil Party member. He died in 1879.